Necktie



' March 26, 1940. A. F. SNYDER ET m. 2.195.373

NECKTIE Filed March 24, 1938 tying Patented Mar. 261 i940 This invention r 0mm '1:

NECKTIE Albert F. Snyder,

. Troy, and Morris" Solomon,

Albany, .N. Y., a'ssignors .to Cluett, Peabody & 00., Inc., Troy',N. Y., a corporation of New York Application March 24, 1938,"Scrial 'No. 197,790 I v 1 Claim. (or. 2 148) pertains to neckties, particularly those ofthe'four-in handitype, and" concerns improv'ements designed to assist the, wearer "in so the necktie knot.

:as to obtain a smart appearing Considerable skill. and care must ordinarily be exercised in properly tying the necktie,*especially if that'part of the tie which is'exposed just below the knot is to havethe regarded as essential by in matters'of dress, variations in light and shade which are requisite -to show most ade character of the The drape efiect referred toresults'froni the lateral constriction of the draped effect I which is persons who are careful and which .provides those quately the pattern and lustrous necktie material. 7

material of the. wide end of the tie Where the latter is embraced bythe loop or transverse bight of cordance with'the way in' constricted,variouspleasing effects may be ob the 1 knot, and in acwhich the material is tained, providing, however, that the constriction and the resultant longitudinally extending pleats or folds with the intervening furrows are symmetrically disposed transversely of the'tie.- 'Un' less care be taken, when drawing or tightening the knot, to distri a pleasing drape be due in part at versely extending always'exactly horizontal, so-that the the wider end'is-not subjected to butethe material symmetrically,

effect seldom results. This'mayv least, to the fact thatth'e transknot is :not'

bight portion of the material of constricting pressure of the'same amount at each, edge, nor

to a pressure which is exerted dicular to the length of the tie. v a Even when a tie is so carefully tied as initially to provide apleasing drape efiect, any slip exactly perpenof the knot or even the movement of the wearer's cuterv garments may cause the tie, :during wear, to lose the smart appearance resulting from the initial correct tying.

Objects of the means operative present invention areto provide to constriotthe material .of the tie symmetrically and independently of the constriction imposed by the knot itself, thereby to produce a pleasing drapeeifect, for example, to; form a longitudinally extending central deprestheknot, with forsion or dimple wardly directed f just beneath olds at each side of the dimple,

as well as to provide means operative to insure retention of the ing of the tie. of the invention initial drape during the wear- Further objects and advantages I will be pointed out in the fol-, lowing more detailed description'yand by reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein I Fig. 1 is a diagr ammatic elevation of a complete I invention disposed in .the position which it occupies just before the completion of the knot; I

' showing *other shape; and

manufacturer this erably arranged at that present invention, and shown tie embodying the "substantially as 'it mightappear when hung over an exhibiting rack; v

Fig. 2 is' a fragmentary diagrammatic view to somewhat larger'scale, showing'theyknot partly .5

formed and-with the-drapingdevice ofthe present at the wider end of-the tie Fig. 3' is'a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the knot as having been completed, and indicating the draping device in dotted lines concealed within the knot;

v Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig.2, but showing a'clraping'device of, slightly modified construe-. 5

tion; r l T Fig. 5' is a'plan view of 'a'draping device of ,a

. further modified type;

Fig. 6'is aplan view of a draping device of another shape; 1 I FElg. 6 'isv a: diagrammatic view to small: scale, the efiect of the use of"the device of Fig.7 is a plan viewof a draping device of an- Fig. 7e is a small scale diagrammaticnview showing theelfect of using the device of Fig. .7." Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates theJwide end of a four-in-handtie, the

tie comprising the narrow. end portion 2'; and the 3 neckband 3, In accordance vention the material of the with the present intie is embraced by a drape forming de'viced, shown in Figs. 1, 2. and 3 as a band or ring of thin, stiff sheet material, for

example, stainless steel, aluminum, silver or'thea35 like. 1 The internal diameter-of this band or ring is substantially less than'the lateral width. of the material of the tie at thatpart of-the wide end I ofthe tie, which lies within or immediately below the'com'pleted knot, so that posed on the wider "part of the tie," the latter is thereby-constricted laterally.

whenthe band is dis-1.35"

prepared for shipment by the constricting bandpr ring 4' is" slipped over the narrow end of the tie and pref- .4

part of theyneckband' the tie is hung upon as shown in Fig. 1. preparing to tie the) When the tie iswhich is concealed when a display rack in a store, However, when the user is necktie, he slips this constri'cting band 4' downt: I

onto the wide end to some such position as indi- 'cated in Fig. 2, for example. When on the wider portion of the-tie, theband very substantially constricts the tie material laterally and by the exercise of alittle care by the user the material:

may be caused to assume the pleated or folded arrangement indicated in Fig. 2 wherein the edges ting the wide end over and under the narrow end,

I the finalpulling of .prevents. the ring from sliding the upward movement of the ring is and then forming a preliminary knot by bringing the wide end between the tie material and the collar and then down bight or loop 8. Having formed this preliminary knot and having smoothed out the loop 8 the operator then moves the ring or band t upwardly until it eventually enters behind the part 8 of the knot so as to be concealedthereby. In thus moving upwardly, the band orring causes the constriction to progress upwardly until, when the band is disposed asindicated in Fig. 3, within the knot, the lower ends of the forwardly directed marginal folds are caused to diverge outwardly and downwardly, as shown at5 and B from the narrow end of the knot, while the lower. part of the intervening depression forms the more or less oval or tear-shaped dimple 1 The narrow end of the tie is now pulled, so as to complete the knot, thereby tightening the material of the loop 8 about the band 4. Since the action of the band is to form recesses at the opposite edges of the tie, and since the band is of rigid material, these recesses are maintained within theknot and thus oppose tendency of the material at the wider end of the tie to spread and thereby slip out of or loosen the knot. The constriction of the lower part of the member 8 of the knot, by the narrow end of the tie, definitely confines the ring within the substance of the knot, and this, together with'the frictional resistance of the material of the tie, efiectively downwardly dur- Thus the draping effect produced by dependably ing wear.

retained. I

While a ring such as the ring 4, made by coiling or otherwise manipulating a length of metal ribbon, is desirable, we contemplate theprovision of retaining rings of other type, for example, a ring 4 (Fig. 4) made, for example, of wire and having a substantially circular cross section. Instead of wire, the ring l may be made of hard rubber, bone, a synthetic resin, textile material (for example a braided cord or the like) or conceivably of some elastic substance soas of itself to exercise a constant constrictive effect apart from that due to its normal diameter.

In Fig. 5 there is illustrated a stillfurther modification in which the ring 4 instead of being of circular contour, is flatly elliptical, and as illustrated, has a slight gap at 9, the ends of the ringforming material being finished and the gap being wide enough, if desired, so that the ring may be slipped over the material of the tie by introducing the tie edgewise hrough this gap. Such a depression or since the rearwardly through the transverse 'tends to force the central part of the tie material flattened ring is somewhat less bulky in a frontto-rear direction than a circular ring, and for this reason may under some conditions be preferred.

In Fig. 6 a further modification is illustrated wherein the ring 4 is of more or less kidneyshape in' contour, its front portion having the forwardly directed ends and the rearwardly directed centralpart. When such a ring is slipped onto the material of the tie, it tends to produce the efiect illustrated in Figs. 2 and S for example, directed part B of the ring rearwardly so as to form the dimple I, while the forwardly directed end portions assist in properly "folding the margins of the tie.

In Fig. '7 still further modification is illustrated wherein the ring A is of what may be termed flattened M-shapein plan, having the forwardly directed ends I I and I2 and the forwardly directed central portion In with rearwardly directed bends intermediate the central and end portions. Such an arrangement hasthe tendency to cause the necktieto drape, as shown in Fig. 7 by causing the edges of the tie to be directed forwardly, as shown at I4 and I5, and the central part l3 also to be. directed forwardly while the intermediate parts l6 and H are directedrearwardly, forming two spaced dimples. 1

While certain desirable embodiments of the invention have been illustrated by way of example, it is to-be understood that the invention is not necessarily limited to these specific embodiments, but is to be regarded as broadly inclusive of any equivalent construction which falls within the terms of the appended claim. I

We claim:

'A four-in-hand necktie of the conventional kind. including "a longitudinal wide end portion tion and subsequently passing the wide end portion downwardly through the loop to extend j downwardly parallel to and in front of the narrow end portion and in combination therewith a substantially rigid constrictingclevice of flattened M-shape in contour encircling only thewide end portion of the tie and .slidable longitudinally and upwardly thereof to a position within and concealed by the tied knot, said constricting device being operative when so slid upwardly to produce a forwardly'directed longitudinally extending rib in the material of the tie which it embraces, to

gether with symmetrically disposed longitudinally extending dimplesdisposed, respectively at opposite sides of said central rib in the material of that portion of the large end of the necktie which is i exposed to View immediately belowthe knot.

1 ALBERT F. SNYDER. MORRIS SOLOMON. 

